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Greetings from Puerto Rico

Hi all, I have been lurking on the sight for a while and finally created an account. While I often carry a Grand Trunk Ultralight hammock with amsteel whoopie slings for resting when backpacking or trips to the beach, I have not yet slept in a hammock.

Now that our backpacking will be in El Yunque rainforest, the hammock makes a lot of sense since it is hard to find places to pitch a tent. However, with a wife and two kids (5 and 8), hammocking may not work quite yet... there would be significant gear investment and I'm not sure the kids would adapt.

Anyway, greetings from the Island of Enchantment! I have backpacked in Virginia, West Virginia, Washington State, and this is definitely a very different experience.

Keep an eye out for the GT UL on sale and you can get one for everyone in the family. Or, you can order tablecloths from tableclothsfactory.com and make a hammock for your family members pretty reasonably. You may be surprised, the kids will probably catch on quite well.
Good luck to you and your family and welcome aloft from SC.

Greeting! My wife is from Puerto Rico....San Sabastian over on the west side of the island. I've only hammocked once in her families backyard. Next time I'm in PR perhaps I'll look you up. I'd love to hang in El Yunque.

Welcome, hope you can get your family on board with the hammock thing. Sounds like the way to camp in Puerto Rico. Like was said before, diy hammocks can be cheap and work great. I would guess you would need bug netting to, there are several easy diy solutions for that as well.

Welcome from the jumping point to paradise. Been a long time since I was back on the Island, but I remember the beaches and the palms, oh the palms to hang from. My kids took to my hammock like a fish to water. Weekly, almost daily, I get asked by my kids to use my hammy and go to the backyard.
DIY your hammock and save money. It's very easy. Must now make a few more for the kids.